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Topper site, South Carolina
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General view of the Topper site.
General view of the Topper site.
Topper site, South Carolina.
Topper site, South Carolina.
Artifacts from the proposed pre-Clovis level.
Artifacts from the proposed pre-Clovis level.
Another cluster in the potential pre-Clovis level.
Another cluster in the potential pre-Clovis level.
Close-up of a proposed artifact cluster.
Close-up of a proposed artifact cluster.
Excavators examine a cluster on the proposed Pre-Clovis surf
Excavators examine a cluster
on the proposed Pre-Clovis surf
Lower half of the section is composed of alluvial sands. Up
Lower half of the section is
composed of alluvial sands. Up
Proposed artifacts from the pre-Clovis level.
Proposed artifacts from the pre-Clovis level.
Proposed pre-Clovis artifacts.
Proposed pre-Clovis artifacts.
Proposed pre-Clovis bend break tools held in hand.
Proposed pre-Clovis bend
break tools held in hand.
Proposed pre-Clovis bend break tools.
Proposed pre-Clovis bend break tools.
Proposed pre-Clovis core.
Proposed pre-Clovis core.
Stratigraphy at the Topper site.
Stratigraphy at the Topper site.
Topper site stratigraphy.
Topper site stratigraphy.
Clovis preforms.
Clovis preforms.
Proposed Pre-Clovis cluster of artifacts and stones.
Proposed Pre-Clovis cluster of artifacts and stones.
Tom Stafford points to Clovis artifacts buried in colluvium.
Tom Stafford points to Clovis
artifacts buried in colluvium.
Trench with buried Clovis site.
Trench with buried Clovis site.
Clovis blade.
Clovis blade.
Clovis lithics can be seen along the top of the buried paleo
Clovis lithics can be seen
along the top of the buried paleo
Trenching at the site.
Trenching at the site.
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Jesse Tune and co-authors publish article in Tennessee Archaeology on excavations and dating of Late Pleistocene and Paleoindian deposits at the Coats-Hines site, Williamson County, Tennessee (pdf)
Ted Goebel co-organized the "Symposium on the Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Palaeolithic Asia",
held in Tokyo, Japan, Nov.29-Dec.1, He and Kelly Graf presented lectures.
Ted Goebel and Lawrence Straus co-edit recent issue of Quaternary International featuring 23 papers on Humans and the Younger Dryas.
Vol. 242 Issue 2 15 October 2011 ISSN 1040-6182.
Ted Goebel was recently interviewed (Prof Helping To Unravel Causes Of Ice Age Extinctions)about a collaborative project trying to solve the mystery of the extinction of the megafauna at the end of the last Ice Age that is described in a recent article in Nature. (2011-11-04)
Ted Goebel, Kelly Graf and co-authors publish article in Nature on responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans (pdf)
Michael Waters and co-authors publish article in Science (Volume 334, October) on Pre-Clovis Mastodon Hunting 13,800 Years Ago at the Manis Site, Washington (pdf)
Ted Goebel and co-authors publish article in Quaternary International (Volume 242) on Climate, Environment, and Humans in North America's Great Basin during the Younger Dryas, 12,900-11,600 calendar years ago (pdf)
Kelly Graf and Nancy Bigelow publish article in Quaternary International (Volume 242) on Human Response to Climate during the Younger Dryas Chronozone in Central Alaska (pdf)
Tom Jennings publishes article in Journal of Archaeological Science (in press) on the Experimental Production of Bending and Radial Flake Fractures and Implications for Lithic Technologies (pdf)